Tucker Carlson: State of America, leaving Fox News, Media Control, Politics, and more

This is Sax's big day. There he is. Oh, there's Tuck- oh, look at the smile on Sax's face. (laughs)

This is the greatest day in the history of the All-In Pod.

(laughs)

Look at how happy Sax is! Oh! (laughs)

(laughs)

Oh, wow.

Sax! (laughs) Look at Sax! With Sax, with a sword. (laughs)

By the way, I'm not, I'm not ashamed of that. You're not... no, come on, I'm honored.

Oh, whoa, Sax!

Whoa. Whoa.

He's getting i- i- this heated up quickly.

Tuck- now, how threatened do you feel right now? This is the highest-rated host in, in cable history. This is the world's true greatest moderator.

Exactly.

Yeah, no doubt. No doubt.

(laughs)

Absolutely. Absolutely.

Sax, where is this in relation to your marriage and the birth of your children?

(laughs) Don't ask.

It's right up there.

Up there.

He's like, "What children?" (laughs) It is for me.

I'm going all in. Let your winner slide. Rain Man, David Sachs. I'm going all in. And I said. We open-source it to the fans and they've just gone crazy with it. Love you guys. Queen of quinoa. I'm going all in.

All right, everybody. We've got an amazing guest for you today here on the All-In Podcast. Sax, his dream has come true. Tucker Carlson is with us today. You know Tucker. He was the number one TV host for much of the past decade, including last year, when, shockingly, he was fired from Fox News on April 24th. Reason for the firing? It's never been pinned down, but maybe we'll get into it today, and we're gonna find out what is motivating a post-Fox News Tucker who has, obviously, launched a show on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. He's done 42 episodes and counting. He's had everybody from Donald Trump, Andrew Tate, Dave Portnoy, and the newly elected president of Argentina on the program. So, welcome to the All-In Podcast, Tucker Carlson.

Thank you for having me. It is, it is a legit honor to be here.

Two-part question to kick us off here. First, have you figured out why you were fired from Fox? And let's get into that a bit. And second, given that you were the number one host for, for much of the past decade and, I think, probably in the top five highest paid of all time, what's motivating you now? What's the mission here as an independent journalist? Take those two questions in whichever order you like.

I, I don't know why I was fired. I mean, it kind of is an Agatha Christie story. There are, like, so many suspects, you know what I mean? Um, but I, I don't know. I was never told. I can only speculate. There were a lot of different things going on. I had a lot of opinions that were unpopular, you know, with people who might've influenced, uh, my show getting canceled. So I, I, I really don't know. I will say, you know, right after it happened, people said, "Well, how can they fire the top guy?" And b- because that's what it is. I'm certainly not the first high-rated host to get fired. It's not only about ratings. There are a lot of different factors. It's a big company. You all have worked for and run big companies, and you know it's, there's a lot of complicated stuff going on. And, um, and it's never exactly clear, you know, why things happen the way they do. But I was not shocked by it. I mean, I was shocked by it in a short-term sense. I didn't expect to have my show canceled that morning. But, um, but I was not shocked at all, uh, when I thought about it for a minute. I'd expected that. You know, you can't kinda, m- give the finger to everybody, um, and persist in a, in a corporate job. So I, no hard feelings. I, and I, and I, in fact, I said that on the call when I received the news. It's, it's not my company, and I never felt like I had a right to be on the air. I was, I was working at the pleasure of the family that runs the company, who treated me very well and, and, um, and they wanted me off, and so I was off.